According to the Jaina text Bhagavati Sutra , how many ganarajyas of Kasi and Kosala formed part of the powerful political confederacy of the Eastern India which opposed Ajatasatru, the King of Magadha?
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18. The Jain account describes eighteen republican chiefs of Kasi–Kosala joining the nine Licchavi and nine Malla chiefs in the confederacy led by Chetaka against Ajatasatru, also called Kunika. The question asks specifically for the Kasi–Kosala contingent.
Important Questions from Mahajanapadas - Teaching
Which combination of ruler - dynasty is correct?
I. Kanishka - Kushan
II. Satkarni - Satavahana
Match List I with List II:
List I
List II
(Mahajanapada)
(Capital)
(A) Asmaka
(I) Kampilya
(B) Chedi
(II) Mathura
(C) Dakshina Panchala
(III) Potana
(D) Surasena
(IV) Suktimati
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:Which of the following Mahajanpadas supplied men and materials to the Persian army fighting against the Greeks?
Match the kingdoms or confederacies with their core geographical regions.
(a) Avanti
(b) Gandhara
(c) Chedi
(d) Vajji
(i) Malwa region of central India
(ii) Peshawar and Taxila–Rawalpindi region
(iii) Eastern Bundelkhand in central India
(iv) North of the Ganga towards the Nepal foothills
Choose the correct option.
